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===Opening===

===Opening===

===='''''[[Jesus]]'''''====

===='''''[[Jesus]]'''''====

Music: Pianist: Elena. Selection: Medley (which includes "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Friend_We_Have_in_Jesus What A Friend We Have in Jesus]," "Jesus Loves Me" and more) called "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHtSkMaXCdE Jesus, My Friend]"

Music: Pianist: Elena. Selection: Medley (which includes "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Friend_We_Have_in_Jesus What A Friend We Have in Jesus]," "Jesus Loves Me" and more) called "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHtSkMaXCdE Jesus, My Friend]"

Prayer: (Matthew) Let us place ourselves in the [[presence]] of [[Jesus]], the Christ.

Prayer: (Matthew) Let us place ourselves in the [[presence]] of [[Jesus]], the Christ.

Elena: That's encouraging, Tomas. I [[appreciate]] that very much.

Elena: That's encouraging, Tomas. I [[appreciate]] that very much.

===='''''[[Service]]'''''====

===='''''[[Service]]'''''====

Paula: I have a [[question]] for the two brilliant [[minds]] here. It's always been my [[opinion]] that everybody is born with some particular [[talent]] that they can share with the rest of the world. They might not know what it's going to be until they grow up, perhaps. But unfortunately I don't have any particular God-given talent. I don't play the piano like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski Paderewski], or like Dorenda (Elena). My father was an artist and I can't even draw a straight line. But I found my niche in something else that has [[satisfied]] me but I don't think you could call it any kind of a 'talent.'

Paula: I have a [[question]] for the two brilliant [[minds]] here. It's always been my [[opinion]] that everybody is born with some particular [[talent]] that they can share with the rest of the world. They might not know what it's going to be until they grow up, perhaps. But unfortunately I don't have any particular God-given talent. I don't play the piano like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski Paderewski], or like Dorenda (Elena). My father was an artist and I can't even draw a straight line. But I found my niche in something else that has [[satisfied]] me but I don't think you could call it any kind of a 'talent.'

I think I'm what my younger daughter calls a "people person." People are interesting to me. And the people I've run across all these years, like my patients, for many years, who I would talk to, to help relieve their [[minds]] -- and I've made some friends among some most interesting people. So I guess you don't have to be born with any particular [[talents]] in order to enjoy [[life]].

I think I'm what my younger daughter calls a "people person." People are interesting to me. And the people I've run across all these years, like my patients, for many years, who I would talk to, to help relieve their [[minds]] -- and I've made some friends among some most interesting people. So I guess you don't have to be born with any particular [[talents]] in order to enjoy [[life]].

TOMAS: You have a movie about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_gump Forrest Gump] who says, 'Life is like a box of chocolates'- they aren't all the same inside. Much like [[talents]] are multi-faceted. There is, certainly, the [[parable]] about the Talents and the point that if you are given talents and don't use them, you have been [[slothful]]. You are thus [[encouraged]] to use what you have, to be the best that you can be with what you've got to work with.

TOMAS: You have a movie about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_gump Forrest Gump] who says, 'Life is like a box of chocolates'- they aren't all the same inside. Much like [[talents]] are multi-faceted. There is, certainly, the [[parable]] about the Talents and the point that if you are given talents and don't use them, you have been [[slothful]]. You are thus [[encouraged]] to use what you have, to be the best that you can be with what you've got to work with.

The world has no need for too many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavarotti Pavarottis] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong Neil Armstrong]s. But every individual can be given certain basic talents such as [[Kindness]] and [[Goodness]]. If you are given Kindness and Goodness, as a Talent - as part of your basic stock of Talents - and you never use them, you have been as slothful as those who are given the gifts that are visibly acknowledged. [[Artisans]], [[physicians]], musicians, [[surgeons]], physicists, mechanics, apple pie-bakers, cat-strokers, cherry pickers. There are many, many kinds of [[expressions]] of [[personality]] that, when offered in [[Tbg|Goodness, Truth and Beauty]], are those talents which are extensions of [[Paradise]].

The world has no need for too many [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavarotti Pavarottis] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong Neil Armstrong]s. But every individual can be given certain basic talents such as [[Kindness]] and [[Goodness]]. If you are given Kindness and Goodness, as a Talent - as part of your basic stock of Talents - and you never use them, you have been as slothful as those who are given the gifts that are visibly acknowledged. [[Artisans]], [[physicians]], musicians, [[surgeons]], physicists, mechanics, apple pie-bakers, cat-strokers, cherry pickers. There are many, many kinds of [[expressions]] of [[personality]] that, when offered in [[Tbg|Goodness, Truth and Beauty]], are those talents which are extensions of [[Paradise]].

Everyone can't paint like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matisse Mattisse], but who would want to? This is a part of the marvelous [[tapestry]] of life. What you are is uniquely you, and what another is, is uniquely him or her.

Everyone can't paint like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matisse Mattisse], but who would want to? This is a part of the marvelous [[tapestry]] of life. What you are is uniquely you, and what another is, is uniquely him or her.

The amazing thing remains, that when you acknowledge your friend, the friend you haven't met yet, as a [[child of God]], and see his or her Source before you see its [[manifestations]], you will love those manifestations as an extension of the [[heart]] of the individual who has now become your friend.

The amazing thing remains, that when you acknowledge your friend, the friend you haven't met yet, as a [[child of God]], and see his or her Source before you see its [[manifestations]], you will love those manifestations as an extension of the [[heart]] of the individual who has now become your friend.

Matthew: We're in [[denial]]?

Matthew: We're in [[denial]]?

TOMAS: Either that or [[effervescence]] of a sort which will lead you down the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primrose_Path primrose path] to nowhere.

TOMAS: Either that or [[effervescence]] of a sort which will lead you down the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primrose_Path primrose path] to nowhere.

Thoroah: We're feeling too good?

Thoroah: We're feeling too good?

This partly speaks to your [[question]]. As your environment changes it improves one's [[attitude]] and approach, as well as willingness to engage in that environment. I realize that this has, to some degree, in a third dimensional [[structure]], a [[limitation]] because not all can overcome their physical environment, and in such case renew or reinvigorate their [[attitude]] as a result of improved circumstances.

This partly speaks to your [[question]]. As your environment changes it improves one's [[attitude]] and approach, as well as willingness to engage in that environment. I realize that this has, to some degree, in a third dimensional [[structure]], a [[limitation]] because not all can overcome their physical environment, and in such case renew or reinvigorate their [[attitude]] as a result of improved circumstances.

However, this is one reason why the '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_%28fish%29 beta],' in particular, and Herby as the local star, is our case in point. Because of their [[ability]] to survive under limited circumstances, they can continue to function. But one can only function WELL in attitude, approach and behavior in an atmosphere that, in fact, permits that. One can not exactly flutter if there is NOT room to flutter, or fly, or swim, or enhance one's conditions.

However, this is one reason why the '[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_%28fish%29 beta],' in particular, and Herby as the local star, is our case in point. Because of their [[ability]] to survive under limited circumstances, they can continue to function. But one can only function WELL in attitude, approach and behavior in an atmosphere that, in fact, permits that. One can not exactly flutter if there is NOT room to flutter, or fly, or swim, or enhance one's conditions.

What I'm getting to is that your placement in this world is much like a fish in water. You are affected by it. You are [[immersed]] in it. But what you do with it to [[change]] the circumstances, is self-creative and self induced. There are those who were, and continue to be, under the worst of circumstances, the most dire of [[physical]], worldly circumstances, that had an [[attitude]] that would have, and could have, moved [[mountains]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp#Concentration_camp Concentration camp] victims and those who are under similar [[limitations]], by their [[attitude]] and their perspective, have overridden and become [[pure]] beings of [[Light]] and [[Hope]].

What I'm getting to is that your placement in this world is much like a fish in water. You are affected by it. You are [[immersed]] in it. But what you do with it to [[change]] the circumstances, is self-creative and self induced. There are those who were, and continue to be, under the worst of circumstances, the most dire of [[physical]], worldly circumstances, that had an [[attitude]] that would have, and could have, moved [[mountains]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp#Concentration_camp Concentration camp] victims and those who are under similar [[limitations]], by their [[attitude]] and their perspective, have overridden and become [[pure]] beings of [[Light]] and [[Hope]].

This is, by [[choice]] and [[attitude]], something that can, in fact, affect the [[reality]] that you know around you. For if some of the world's actors had, or (would) adopt, an attitude of [[hope]], perspective and [[kindness]] toward each other and the rest of [[humanity]], this is a case where an overnight [[change]] of attitude and perspective would be most noticeable. However, it is not to say that each of you, as air breathers, who have the same [[purpose]], share the same fate and enjoy the same [[destiny]], are less able to affect your world in a positive sense. That is, [[attitude]] is everything.

This is, by [[choice]] and [[attitude]], something that can, in fact, affect the [[reality]] that you know around you. For if some of the world's actors had, or (would) adopt, an attitude of [[hope]], perspective and [[kindness]] toward each other and the rest of [[humanity]], this is a case where an overnight [[change]] of attitude and perspective would be most noticeable. However, it is not to say that each of you, as air breathers, who have the same [[purpose]], share the same fate and enjoy the same [[destiny]], are less able to affect your world in a positive sense. That is, [[attitude]] is everything.

Even though you may not meet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush Mr. Bush] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein Saddam Hussein], to scold or [[admonish]] or advise them as you would see fit, your attitude, in a prayerful, mindful and purposeful way can, in fact, [[change]] the aquarium in which you reside. This is my approach that I hope bears fruit for your [[consideration]].

Even though you may not meet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush Mr. Bush] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein Saddam Hussein], to scold or [[admonish]] or advise them as you would see fit, your attitude, in a prayerful, mindful and purposeful way can, in fact, [[change]] the aquarium in which you reside. This is my approach that I hope bears fruit for your [[consideration]].

Is there a [[question]]? (pause) Amen. (clock strikes in background)

Is there a [[question]]? (pause) Amen. (clock strikes in background)